triple j Unearthed winners announced for Laneway 2017

13 December 2016

In keeping with Laneway's commitment to supporting the best new music, Laneway Festival is very proud to announce the winners of this year’s triple j Unearthed competition.

Each of the bands below will be appearing at their hometown rendition of Laneway Festival in 2017, joining the likes of Tame Impala, Young Thug, Aurora, Glass Animals and more. Previous winners include Ali Barter, Client Liaison, Good Boy and many others that have gone on to do great things.

Four bastard children bring you their street smart music skills, derived from a life spent grafting and crafting. Starring smooth vocals by Janet Planet and Sugar Bones, this classified musical collab between Reggie Goodchild and Clarence McGuffie is your very own self help book. Being confident has never looked sexier, or sounded sharper. Confidential, it’s a secret. Shhh.

Rocker turned producer, Lonelyspeck has honed his skill of electronica to carve out a strong space in the Adelaide music scene. After a number of solid releases we were gifted with the stand out All My Skin making Lonelyspeck one to watch.

18 y/o rapper Genesis Owusu is flipping the script from his bedroom in Australia’s capitol. In 2015 he was named triple j’s Unearthed High finalist for his single ‘The Day After Valentine’s Day’, and since then Genesis Owusu has been working towards preparing his debut solo release CARDRIVE EP. Filled with dark jazz and wistful soul, his fresh take on hip-hop is about to change the game.

Since forming in 2014, the short existence of Perth shoegazers Dream Rimmy has been eventful. Supports for The Preatures and King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, ’90’s indie favourites Ash and shoegaze heroes Swervedriver, plus a slot on the State Of The Art Festival (alongside You Am I, Birds Of Tokyo and The Scientists) have been accompanied by a nomination for a West Australian Music Award for “Most Popular New Act”. In February this year Dream Rimmy released the single “Waves” with follow-up single “Landslide” launched in October. The band are currently putting the finishing touches on there second EP to be released in May 2017

St. Jerome's Laneway Festival is about leading new and revered seminal music. The festival has always been interested in finding what's fresh and bringing it to unique settings and surrounds to be appreciated by music lovers.

The size of the festivals, the locations and the way we encourage community all form part of the way in which the Laneway team strive to present a live music experience like no other.